New Open Access Journals on the Horizon from Two Major Scientific Societies

A couple of interesting developments have occurred in the world of open access scientific publishing in the last few weeks. Two major scientific societies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Royal Society, have both announced plans to publish open access journals. The AAAS plans to debut their new open access journal, Science Advances[2], in 2015 while the Royal Society‘s new open access journal, Royal Society Open Science[3], is due to begin this year.